WASHINGTON (AP) - "That wasn't me," President Barack Obama said on his 100th day in office, disclaiming responsibility for the huge budget deficit waiting for him on Day One.There's a lot more fact-checking here.
It actually was him - and the other Democrats controlling Congress the previous two years - who shaped a budget so out of balance.
And as a presidential candidate and president-elect, he backed the twilight Bush-era stimulus plan that made the deficit deeper, all before he took over and promoted spending plans that have made it much deeper still.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Mr. Obama, Stop Blaming Bush
The AP took a hard look at Barack Obama's statements on his 100 day celebration and found that the president is playing fast and loose with the facts:
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